Amazon Announces Warhammer 40,000 Animated Series by Cavill

A new animated series set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe is in development, marking a major expansion of Amazon's adaptations of the popular tabletop wargame. The project is a collaboration between Amazon MGM Studios, Blur Studios, and Games Workshop, and will be executive produced by actor Henry Cavill, who is also attached to star in a separate live-action Warhammer series for the streamer.

The animated series will serve as a direct spinoff from the Warhammer 40,000 episode of the Amazon anthology "Secret Level," which debuted in late 2024. Dave Wilson, who directed that episode and served as the supervising director for "Secret Level," is the co-creator and director of the new series. He is developing the project alongside writer John Orloff, known for his work on "Band of Brothers" and "Masters of the Air."

While specific plot details remain confidential, the series will focus on the Deathwatch, an elite faction of Space Marines tasked with hunting alien threats. The "Secret Level" episode that featured the Deathwatch, following a clash with a mutant sorcerer, became the highest-rated installment of the anthology on IMDb, a factor believed to have influenced the decision...